Hey hey hey! Look who's back! (We are).

2nd update wow. In less than a week too! Amazing. This one's a bit short but it's just getting things ready for the next chapter.

Enjoy!

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PS: Some of you might have gotten 2 notifications for the last chapter, which was because the first time I uploaded it, I had accidentally included chapter 21 in it. So if you happened to have read it before it got updated, you got this chapter beforehand. Lucky you. Or not lucky, depends on how you view it.

Chapter 21- Are You Ready?

Sakurako sighed as she entered the room of Aoyuki, "Yuki…"

"Hey Sakura. What's with the sigh for? You got problems?" Aoyuki turned to face Sakurako and patted the bed besides him.

"What am I going to do?" Sakurako started, "That scene is going to happen. You know, that one scene."

"What one scene? The lovey-dovey scene? Hey, don't worry about it. You know it's gonna happen no matter what. So stop thinking about it." Aoyuki tried comforting Sakurako, gently patting her on the shoulder.

Sakurako continued to brood, "I don't stand a chance…"

"Uhh. Yeah you do. And I know we promised not to go there, but at least your guy is for-sure straight." Aoyuki ran his hands through his hair, unhappily looking away.

"...How? Haru cooked food for him, and soon there's going to be Kyoko giving Tsuna the charm. What am I supposed to do against them when I can only support him in battle?"

"Welp. I'm not entirely sure. But isn't that enough? You can give him support when they can't, and not to mention, you can do the things they do too. You're good on and off the battlefield, and is one less person he has to worry about. Isn't that something already? If you're upset about Haru making him food, then cook something for him! If you're upset that Kyoko gave him a charm, then why don't you make a charm too?" Aoyuki replied, counting off on his fingers.

"I feel like I'd be trying to copycat Haru and Kyoko. I hate that."

"Well then, make him a super battle charm! And, I don't know Sakura, make him a dessert or something. I like sweets. I'm pretty sure he likes them too."

Sakurako frowned, "Haru already did that."

"Ugh. Points on me for not remembering. Or noticing. Make him sweets anyways. It's okay even if they're repeat sweets. Like me, for instance. I don't mind getting the same type of candy again and again. Candy is candy and it's nice candy too." Aoyuki gazed at the wall, lost in a daydream about sweet candy.

"Not if Lambo steals the candy from right under your nose."

Aoyuki groaned. "It doesn't have to be literal candy. Look. All I'm saying is that whatever it is, he's gonna be appreciative of it, okay? It's the idea that counts. If you give something to him, anything really, with the thought of his well-being in mind, I'm like 87% sure that he's gonna be happy about it. That's like a B+ okay? No problem."

Thinking back, Sakurako remembered how the TYL Aoyuki spoke about Tsuna. "Fine." Sakurako ended her despair, "...Maybe he'd appreciate having a wrist band?"

"Wristband as in charm bracelet, wristband as in one of those funny rubber bracelets, or wristband as in sweatband?"

Sakurako puffed her cheeks, "Sweatband, of course!"

"Hahah, yeah, sure 'of course'." Aoyuki air quoted, grinning at Sakurako. "Nothing else is better for the manly man Tuna-chan."

Sakurako's eye twitched,"...did you just?"

"I did just. Take that." Aoyuki puffed out his chest proudly. "And it rhymed too!"

"We're off to see the Yama, the wonderful Yama around~" Sakurako hummed.

"Oh. My. God. You did not. You did not just say that." Aoyuki glared, exasperated. Jabbing his finger closer to Sakurako with every syllable.

"Tsuna isn't man enough. Right now, he's cute. A cute tenth generation boss that'll soon to become a wonderful man."

"A wonderful manly man? Who'll looooooove you forever and ever?" Aoyuki grinned, waving his fingers at Sakurako in a suggestive way.

Sakurako's face flushed red, "T-That's the me of this future, I still haven't figured out how my TYL self..!"

"Well, she did. One way or another, she did. Myself, however, I'm not so sure, but I suppose I managed somehow." Sighing, Aoyuki leaned against his propped up hand.

"Yes you did." Sakurako disclosed, "It's been a huge surprise, since my arrival to the future."

"Well, that's super helpful. I don't suppose I told you how I did it?"

Sakurako finished, "Nope. Not a single word at all about it during training."

"Ehh, figures. My older self is such a bust. Not even helping himself out by dropping some hints. Laaame. Thanks, self! Ya' selfish prick!" Aoyuki groaned and slid onto the floor.

Sakurako did the same, lying next Aoyuki.

The two friends sighed in unison, "We'll never know how they did it."

"Hey. On an off note, you ready for battle?" Aoyuki glanced at Sakurako.

"I guess so." Sakurako responded reluctantly, "I'm just worried. What if Byakuran...possibly did have opposites of us?"

"I have considered that possibility, yeah. I made that bet with you, remember? I do believe that since we have future selves that interacted with Byakuran, he created some sort of counter measure to fight us." Aoyuki admitted, idly staring at the rings on his hand.

"The possibility of Byakuran knowing of us…" Sakurako pondered, "Why do I get this feeling he might know something about us?"

"That's because he probably does. Maybe. Or maybe we'll be like a surprise since this is the one timeline that's different? Maybe this is the only timeline that we arrived in this world." Aoyuki mused, curling his hand into a fist.

"Could be."

"Could be… yeah… Best not to worry about it for too long. What is going to happen if there are opposites there? In the choice battle? What if it all changes? What if we have to fight, or they have to fight our opposites? It's not like we're gonna tell them now, and even if we do, there's not enough time! We don't have enough time!" Aoyuki ran his hands through his hairk, messing up the ponytail.

"In any case, let's keep on with the storyline we're going down." Sakurako nodded, "Though," She hesitated a bit, "Do you think about our possibility of returning home? Back to where we were before we even ended up here?"

"... Can't say I've given it much thought lately. It's really nice here after all. Even with the fighting and all that, I like it here. I mean, yeah, I miss my family. But I'm here! With the characters I've loved and only dreamed about being near. They're really here! I can see them and interact with them, and it's better than anything I've hoped for." Aoyuki paused, "So what I'm trying to say, I guess, is that I'm not entirely sure that I'd go back, even if I knew for sure I would be able to return anytime I want. What if there's a time difference?"

"That's right. There's so many," Sakurako paused, "I mean we never really get to live such a chance, and now we're technically living in one."

"We are living the dream of so many fans out there. It's amazing." Aoyuki flopped onto his side, towards Sakurako.

"Ah!" Sakurako realized, "W-What about Kiki?!"

"Ooop. Well, I guess she's okay? No news is good news, right?" Aoyuki cast a worried glance at Sakurako, shrugging his shoulders.

Sakurako sweat dropped, "I hope she's alright without us…"

"Hey, I smell dinner. Let's go eat. Gotta prepare for the raid after all. Can't fight on an empty stomach!" Aoyuki laughed, standing and offering a hand to Sakurako.

"Yeah." Sakurako followed Aoyuki toward the delicious smell of food.

Adventures of Past Kimiko

"Ahh.. it's so boring now that everyone's gone forward." Kimoko said to herself while riding on Ken's back. "Lemme think. I just sent Yuki forward, so that makes Reborn, Kura, Tsuna, Gokudera, Kyoko, Haru, Lambo, I-pin,, Yamamoto, Yuki, and Chrome. All that's left is Hibari, Ryohei, and me! Ugh, I'm gonna be so bored.."

"Kimiko-san, why do you insist on using us as transportation?" Chikusa remarked walking behind Ken and Kimiko.

"Well, its only two weeks after the new moon so I'm in my in-between stages of strength and I'd prefer not to waste any energy I might need in ohh about two days~?" Kimiko counted on her fingers. "I'm aiming for after the big Varia battle so I don't die horribly, but if I have my calculations right, I should shoot myself an hour after that turf top. I still need to be at top condition in case something goes wrong.."

"What are you yammering about now-byon?! Chrome is disappeared and we gotta find her before boss finds out!" Ken growled from underneath Kimiko. "And another thing! Kakipi's right-byon! Why are you still making me carry you around! You can't mind control us anymore-byon!"

"Oya~? I might not be able to control your mind, but I'm even stronger than when I was last time. Ken-chan~ Do you want a proper beating or are you going to be good~-?" Kimiko looked down on Ken with a grin showing all her teeth.

"Ken. It's not worth fighting Kimiko-san. Let's hurry up and find Chrome before something happens to her." Chikusa interrupted their glaring contest.

"Fufu~ Kakipi's right, Ken-chan~ But, I'm afraid Chrome-chan won't be easy to find right now."

"Hah? Did you do something to her-byon!?

"I didn't know you were so protective of little Chrome-chan~ Of course I would never hurt a hair on her cute little head. I'm just saying we've searched everywhere she could possibly be and there's not even a trace of where she could be." Kimiko pretended to look distraught, thinking about Chrome in the future. My poor Chrome! Facing that disgusting pervert Glo Xinia. There's no chance of her not winning though. But oh! the trauma of facing that gross man.. Kimiko shuddered thinking to herself. "Anyways, I'm hungry now, let's go buy snacks. My candy stash is getting low."

does kimiko ever refill her candy stash? will things go according to her plan?

Anyways, thank you very much for reading. Things are picking up slightly for our characters. Next, is the actual raid! So look forward to that!